Vehicle-wheel.



7 PATENTED' MAY 8, 1,906- G. S. WHITELEY.

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GEORGE S. WI lITELE Y. OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAXD.

VEHICLE-WHEEL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

. Patented May 8, 1906.

Application filed May 31,1905. Serial No. 263.146.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE S. WHITELEY,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Baltimore, in the State ofMaryland, have in vented certain new and useful Improvements inVehicle-Wheels, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to vehicle-wheels, particularly self-propelledroad-vehicles and its objects are to provide strong and comarativelyinexpensive wheels which will rave their rims elastically supported andin which the use of rubber tires may be dispensed with. I attain theseobjects by the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings, inwhich- Figure 1 is a side view of a vehicle-wheel constructed ipaccordance with my invention. Fig. 2 1s a side view, on a larger scale,of a portion of the folly and rim of the inner wheel, a portion of theouter rim of the Wheel and one of the S- shape springs uniting saidrims. Fig. 3 is a transverse section of the parts shown in Fig. 2.

In said drawings, A represents the wooden felly of a wheel having s okesa and a hub b of any suitable form an size. Around the felly is placed arim C, of channel-iron, the channel portion or groove 0 bein in theouter or convex periphery. Around the rim 0, but a few inches therefrom,there is another rim D, also of channel-iron, having its channel orgroove (1 on the inner or concave portion thereof. Between said rims Cand D are placed a series of S-shaped springs E, of elastic flat metal.The inner end of each spring is secured to the rim C by means of a boltF, which is made to pass also through the felly A, and thus secures alsothe rim to said felly. A rubber Washer g is placed between the spring Eand the rim C to form a noiseless bearing between them, and a nut f isscrewed upon the end of the bolt F, and ,around and over said nut isplaced a rubber cap it to act as a cushion for the spring E if thelatter is depressed sufficiently to come in contact therewith. The outerend of the spring E is secured to the outer rim D by means of a shortbolt i and nutf a rubber washer g being placed between the spring E andthe rim D. A rubber cap his also placed around and over the nutf to actas a cushion for the spring E. By these means a vehicle-wheel isobtained which has a rigid central portion and an elastically-supportedrim well adapted to road-vehicles. If desired, another channel-rim witha groove on its periphery can be secured to the rim D and a rubber tiresecured to said outer rim.

Having now fully described my invention, I claim- 1. A vehicle-wheelconsisting of a central Wheel having spokes and felly, a channel-ironrim secured to said felly, an outer channeliron rim distant from theinner one and a series of S-shaped springs interposed and having theirends secured to both rims with bolts and nuts, and rubber-cap cushionsover said nuts, substantially as described.

2. In a vehicle-wheel the combination of a central Wheel having spokesand folly, a rim secured to said felly, an outer channel-iron rimdistant from t e inner one, a series of S-sh aped springs interposed andhaving their ends secured to bothrims and elastic washers interposedbetween the ends of the spring and each rim, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE S. WI-IITELEY.

Witnesses:

.E. E. MASSON, HENRY C. HOLTHAUS.

